A two-day-long meeting on the Universal Acceptance of the Bengali language in the cyber world held to ensure the universal acceptance of the Bengali language in the cyber world. Bangladesh has sought the opportunity to use the Bengali language and script in e-mail as well. At the same time, in the Internet world, the applications, devices and systems are locally language bound and the sector concerned has also highlighted that.
On the occasion of Universal Acceptance Day 2023, the speakers made such demands on the first day of the two-day conference held at the BTRC conference center in Ramna in the capital on Monday.
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission-BTRC and Bangladesh Internet Governance Forum-BIGF jointly organized this stakeholder meeting for the first time in the country in collaboration with Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers-ICANN.
Post and Telecommunication Minister Mustafa Jabbar formally inaugurated the conference.
On the second day of the Technical Overview discussed by Pitinan Kooarmornpatana, IDN Programs Senior Manager, Global Domains and Strategy, ICANN and she also discussed Email Administration Training for UA. The program was moderated by Mohammad Abdul Haque Anu, Secretary General, of the Bangladesh Internet Governance Forum-BIGF.
The panelists and participants put forward some recommendations which are to implement Smart Bangladesh to adapt the state, society and individual to the fourth industrial revolution of Bangladesh through internet connectivity. Smart people will make this industrial revolution a success. In this case, the use of the internet in the mother tongue should be increased. The Ministry should work to remove the language barrier. A Bangla language content bank should be formed soon to remove the color crisis of Dot Bangla. Our technology curricula must be modernized and standardized to keep pace with modern technology for our students. BNNRC